Fare Thee Well, Tiger Woods’s Golf Digest Column

Maudlin, talented billionaire Tiger Woods will no longer author a column for Golf Digest, for which he had apparently been writing for the previous 13 years. “We appreciate the insights Tiger has provided to our readers,” said Golf Digest editor in chief and chairman Jerry Tarde. His final column will run in February. The magazine, which is owned by Vanity Fair parent company Condé Nast, is hardly the first corporate partner to cut ties with Woods: in total, according to the Huffington Post, five companies have ended their professional relationships with the golfer in the wake of his infidelity-divorce-sexting-sandwich kerfuffle. And following each professional breakup, Woods’s agent, Mark Steinberg, has been at the ready with a coolheaded explanation.

Regarding Golf Digest, Steinberg said reason for his client’s departure was a disagreement with the magazine regarding Woods’s time commitment. “Because we're living in this digital world, they needed more time from him. He wasn’t ready to commit to any additional time at this point with everything going on—trying to work on his swing and other things.” Steinberg said. See if you can match each of Woods’s dropped sponsors with Steinberg’s subsequent statements.

Gatorade

Gillette

AT&T

Golf Digest

Accenture

A. “[Redacted] is ending their ‘Champions’ campaign. That is the reason for not continuing.”

B. “The reality is his deal was up at the end of the year.”

C. “[Redacted] has made a decision to not continue with their sponsorship. We are disappointed but respect their decision.”

D. “While we are disappointed [redacted] has decided to not continue with Tiger in their marketing plans, we appreciate their continued involvement with Tiger through his foundation.”